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Apple’s PrimeSense Tech Turns 2D into 3D

by Tom Allen

An Apple patent, describing a method for rendering 2D images and video so that they appear 3D, has been discovered at the US Patent & Trade Office. According to Patently Apple, the effect is …

Tags:3D display| Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Cima NanoTech Announces JV with Foxconn to Manufacture Touch Modules

by Tom Allen

Cima NanoTech, a developer and manufacturer of transparent conductive film solutions, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with Foxconn, the world’s largest ICT technology provider and vertically integrated device manufacturer, …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| LFD - Large Format Display| Touch Displays

AG Neovo Lowers Signage Cost

by Tom Allen

AG Neovo has launched the PM-Series: a budget range of large format displays with slim bezels, for digital signage applications. Featuring USB playback (USB 2.0 port) and DLNA compliance, the four products in the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Flexible Encapsulation Worth $184 Billion in Five Years

by Tom Allen

The market for flexible barrier manufacturing will be worth $184 million by 2020, says IDTechEx. Single-layer solutions, such as flexible glass and atomic layer deposition (ALD) will capture part of the market. Due to …

Tags:Barrier Layers (Films)| Flexible Devices| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Archos ‘Reveals’ Windows 10 Mobile Release

by Tom Allen

A product announcement by French firm Archos has provided a hint at when Windows 10 Mobile might be available. Archos will launch the 50 Cesium and 50e Helium smartphones this year, in November. Although …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 34| Windows

Epson Goes Wide for Home Cinema Use

by Tom Allen

Epson’s Home Cinema 1040 and 1440 are bright 3LCD projectors with a wide aspect ratio. Both units have 1920 x 1200 (16:10) resolution, and can display 10-bit colour. The Home Cinema 1440 adds Faroudja …

Tags:Epson| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Vol 22 - Issue 34

LG to Bring Four OLED TVs to IFA

by Tom Allen

LG will show off four OLED TVs at IFA 2015 in Berlin next month. They will be the flat 65″ and 55″ EF9500 (recently released in Korea and announced for a launch in the …

Tags:IFA 2015| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Explore the Wilds With Tobii

by Tom Allen

An online hunting simulation game (probably the safest place to do it, considering the furore surrounding Cecil the lion – TA) named ‘The Hunter’, by Avalanche Studios, is now compatible with Tobii’s EyeX eye-tracking …

Tags:Back Panel| Game Playing| Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 22 - Issue 34

QD Technology May Help Light the Future

by Tom Allen

Advances at Oregon State University in manufacturing technology for “quantum dots” may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while using less toxic materials and …

Tags:LCD Backlights| LED| Quantum Dots

Design Flaw Breaks Note 5 Pen Detection

by Tom Allen

A design flaw has been uncovered in Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, which can break the pen detection mechanism. Inserting the S Pen stylus the wrong way round (i.e. with the nib pointing out of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 34

V-Nova Ports Perseus to Nvidia

by Tom Allen

The Perseus codec from V-Nova (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) has been ported to run on Nvidia GPUs. GPU-enabled Perseus technology is now available to V-Nova customers. The parallel approach to signal processing …

Tags:Codecs| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 34